12/21/1997
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"He was, without a doubt, one of our Nation's most eloquent voices for human rights and racial justice."
"I want to tell you what this means to me."
"Nobody is indispensable, but the principles and the ideals and the energy and the vision of the vast masses of people, that is indispensable."
"I believe that the best is still out there."